Trainspotting sequel to begin filming in May

ALISTAIR GRANT

IRVINE Welsh has revealed the long-awaited sequel to Trainspotting will start shooting on May 16.

Based on his novel Porno - set a decade after Trainspotting - the film will reunite stars Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewan Bremner.

Welsh, 57, told US podcast Beaks and Geeks: “We have all the team up now and are opening an office in March. We start shooting on May 16.

“I have been helping out as executive producer. I have been hooking them up with people locally, but they have also cast me again in the film, so I’m reprising my role as Mikey Forrester, the drug dealer.”